Name Changes not permitted on international revenue tickets

[CaptJCool]

Hi all

Booked and paid for two of us on the one booking. My friend is not going to travel anymore. I’m the contact on the booking

So I called up (as I could NOT do it online) and got the booking separated. I’m the contact on both bookings.

The flight credit was available
And so I proceeded to “make a booking”. There was no place to change the passenger name sighs

Anyone had any success in transferring flight credits like this back to yourself ?

Not eligible to cancel it under the 24 hour rule as it came from a flight credit and is under 30 days from the scheduled flight and it was split off a previous booking

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/manage-booking/cancel-for-any-reason.html

Thanks
Capt

 

[MELso]

Per my post in the other thread:

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/au/en/policies/service/service-request-policies/name-correction-and-name-change.html#international-tickets

 

[CaptJCool]

Per my post in the other thread:

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/au/en/policies/service/service-request-policies/name-correction-and-name-change.html#international-tickets

Yeah I’d seen that

That’s just free cash for QF if the person doesn’t use the flight credit…

Alternatively it’s an expensive way to score a neighbour free seat.
Book the spare seat in their name and then do a no show at the boarding gate….

 

[MELso]

Agree - quite disgraceful.

 

[CaptJCool]

Agree - quite disgraceful.

It’s 01% of my annual income so it’s a sunk cost and perhaps I can just burn it.

 

[madrooster]

Why can't you cancel the friend's ticket for a refund? The majority of QF long haul J fares are refundable albeit with a fee.